Family of Captured Soldier Flying to D.C. (Captured April 9, 2004)

[Barrett808]

Family of Captured Soldier Flying to D.C.
By DAVID HAMMER, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, November 3, 2005

The parents of the only soldier the Army lists as captured in Iraq are being flown to the Pentagon for a Friday meeting with senior Defense Department officials to discuss the search for their son.

Army Reserve Sgt. Keith "Matt" Maupin of Batavia, Ohio, has been missing since April 9, 2004, when his fuel truck convoy was ambushed by insurgents west of Baghdad after leaving camp. A week later, Arab television network Al-Jazeera released a videotape showing Maupin sitting on the floor surrounded by five masked men holding automatic rifles.

That June, Al-Jazeera released another tape purporting to show a U.S. soldier being shot. But the tape was dark and grainy and showed only the back of the victim's head, and did not show the actual shooting.

The Army ruled it inconclusive, saying it could not determine if the man was Maupin or even if it was an American soldier.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/11/03/national/w150953S72.DTL

[leetrisck]

1. Keep hoping for news about Maupin

prayers

[ElectroPrincess]

2. I can't help but believe that we are not being given the REAL

numbers of our troop's deaths?!? Why don't we hear about these captures from our corporate USA cable news media?

Much has been covered up and/or swept out of site due to a corrupt and/or complicit USA MEDIA.

It's time for these jerks to SERVE the PEOPLE. :puke:

[Disturbed]

3. I wish the best for this family and the soldier but

I will be surprised if his captors kept him this long.

[Barrett808]

4. I follow Iraq news *very* closely, and this is the first I've heard...

...of a captive US soldier.